relation schema
a [[blk:1704138923][relation]] schema
, denoted by
, is made up of a relation name
and a list of attributes,
. each attribute
is the name of a role played by some domain
in the relation schema
.
is called the domain of
and is denoted by
. a relation schema is used to describe a relation;
is called the name of this relation. the degree (or arity) of a relation is the number of attributes
of its relation schema.
[cite:;taken from @elmasri_db_2015 chapter 5.1.1 domains, attributes, tuples, and relations]
[cite:;taken from @elmasri_db_2015 chapter 5.1.1 domains, attributes, tuples, and relations]